DuckDuckGo

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Free

We believe in better search and real privacy at the same time. That's why:
• We don't track you.
• We have tons of goodies.
• We drop the clutter.
• We don't filter bubble you.
Goodies are special queries give you instant answers. They're great on the go since you have to visit less sites or apps to get what you want.
In fact, in this app, you get everything you can get from our Web site plus:
• Auto-suggestion of topics when searching
• Auto-suggestion of phone apps when searching
• Access to your recent searches
• Water Cooler stories
Water Cooler is a stream of interesting stories you won't find in the news apps. All of the stories come from special feeds like most shared or up-voted. Check it out when you have five minutes to kill.
Please give us feedback at https://duckduckgo.com/feedback or feedback@duckduckgo.com. We listen!

Version Notes

- Added support for official sites.
- New users will now by default have Water Cooler stories shown by time.
- Default sources are now set correctly for first-time users.
- Added better icons for switching between time and category view for Water Cooler.

Odd

You will never, ever locate the story teased on the live tile. And the 'stories' that are linked are the sort of thing that would cause you to block the friend sending them. Know your audience. No one seeking privacy, is reassured by cutesy photos of a dog with a birthday cake, etc.

Uninstalled

I did not feel particularly safe or secure with this app. The real DuckDuckGo website is completely no frills, not sure why they would load it down with sponsored links that you can't even turn off. Seems to want to lull you into a false sense of security. Uninstalled.

I LOVE IT

It's Not Terrible!

My favorite way to use this app is to pin its search to the Search charm, so that no matter what I'm doing, I can just pop open the Search charm and immediately start searching. It opens the DuckDuckGo app, and from there I get my results. The problem? It seems that bang syntax (like !wiki for Wikipedia) from the search charm can cause IE10 to crash, for whatever reason. Other than that, works well!

kind of unnecessary

easier to just use the browser instead of an app plus, never once has a news feed/story's thumbnail been anything close to what the item is about. Its just random pictures attached to various headlines. uninstalled.